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Catholic Schools Week 2016, a Celebration of Quality Education

?Communities of Faith, Knowledge and Service? National Catholic Schools Week 2016 will be observed in dioceses around the country, January 31-February 6. Throughout the Diocese of Cleveland next week, schools are scheduling special activities and open houses to showcase the important faith-building, academic and societal contributions provided by a...

"Love Powers Our Mission" - 2016 Catholic Charities Appeal

In-Pew Weekend to be held in all parishes at all Masses - February 6-7, 2016 This year's appeal theme is: Love Powers Our Mission.

Bishop Lennon urges action to help immigrants, migrants, refugees

Hundreds crowded into St. Michael the Archangel Church on Scranton Avenue in Cleveland on Sunday, January 24 to observe the 2016 World Day of Migrants and Refugees. Bishop Richard Lennon celebrated the Mass and prayed with Pope Francis and the Universal Church for those who have been forced out of their homelands by violence and are seeking a home...

'Simple, not silly': Children's questions become book by Pope Francis

VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Children may say the darnedest things, but when it comes to questions about faith they can make even the most learned parents and priests pause. "These are tough," Pope Francis said when presented with questions from 30 children from around the world. Jesuit Father Antonio Spadaro, who went through the questions with the pope...

Three new lay ecclesial ministers blessed by Bishop Lennon

Bishop Richard Lennon blessed three new lay ecclesial ministers at a liturgy on Saturday, January 23

Video - Diocese "Mass for Life" draws hundreds of students

[vimeo]https://vimeo.com/152736713[/vimeo]   Cleveland Bishop Richard Lennon celebrated a Mass this morning to give thanks to God for the gift of human life at St. John Cathedral in downtown Cleveland on the 43rd anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court?s decision to legalize abortion, as the Diocese observed a day of prayer for the legal prote...

After Christmas, renovation work began inside the Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist

Interior renovation work at the Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist will take about fourteen weeks to complete, until just before Holy Week.